MHG10092 - Allt Na H-Atha
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
- HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 560 AD)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Tumuli OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)
Tumuli marked on 1st ed OS in this area at 263430893050 - HAW 2/2003
Enclosures OS 25"map, (1967)
On slight elevation 2 contiguous oval hut circles. The entrances are from SSE, that of W hut being 2 .5' wide, other is too indefinite to measure. Nearby are about eight small mounds.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
2 contiguous stone-walled huts lying WNW-ESE. Larger E hut measures c12m diameter between wall centres, with wall spread to c3m in N but destroyed in S. Other hut measures 9.5m diameter between wall centres, with walls spread to c2m all round. The entrance is not apparent in either hut. There are about a dozen stone clearance heaps immediately to W, probably of contemporary plots.
Huts surveyed at 1/2500 (OS {RDL}). 28 5 1963 and (RL) 16 October 1969.
No change. Visited by OS (J B) 1 September 1980.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6380 9285 (227m by 138m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH69SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CREICH |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/14069 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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